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HYDROOARBON BURNER FOR FURNACES.

No. 384,524. Patented June 12, 1888.

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ADAM HEBERER, OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

HYDROCARBON=BURNER FOR FURNACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,524, dated June 12,1888.

Application filed July 22, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM HEBERER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Alameda, in the county of Alameda and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHydrocarbon- Burners for Furnaces and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of my said invention,reference being had to the drawings that accompany and form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improved liquidhydrocarbon burner forfurnaces; and it has for its object to produce a burner having theproperty of throwing a broad sheet of liquid of various degrees ofthickness and to secure certain advantages in point of economy in theconsumption of fuel and freedom from noise when in operation. To suchend and purpose I construct and produce a burner substantially in thefollowing manner, with a broad flat body having a liquid space orchamber that is deepest at the back end and terminates at the front endin a slit or narrow opening of the width of the chamber. One side ofthis opening is formed of the edge of a sliding plate, which, beingmoved forward or drawn back in the chamber, acts to reduce or to enlargethe opening, and a shaft attached at the end of the sliding plate andextending through the supply-tube to the outside serves for adjustingthe plate and regulating the area of the outlet.

The following description explains this construction and the manner ofapplying the burner for operation, the drawings being referred to byfigures and letters, and corresponding parts being indicated by similarletters in the several views.

A is the body of the burner, and A the chamber or space into which theliquid fuel is injected from the source of supply outside the furnacethrough a tube, D, and the pipes E F, one of these pipes leading fromthe oil-reservoir above and the other being a steam-pipe. Suitablevalves or cooks for controlling the oil and steam are provided in thesepipes, and the oil-reservoir is placed at such height above the burnerthat the necessary head or pressure is obtained. The chamber A isrectangular 50 in form at any point of cross-section or of uni- SerialNo. 245,034. (No model.)

form width from back to front; but its area from back to front regularlydecreases, so that it terminates in a narrow opening or slit, a, of fullwidth. This form is produced by giving the burner a triangular shape andeither by inclining the bottom or both top-and bottom sides from theback toward the front end, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

Bis the sliding plate, and O is the rod or shaft by which it is movedand set on the inclined bottom of the chamber. The end of the shaft isformed with a portion of smaller diameter than the shaft and hasa nut orhead on it, so that the neck 0 thus formed may fit into the slot bbetween the two lugs 12 b on the top face of the plate. The shaftextends through the supplytube D and has a handwheel, 0*, on the outerend, which when turned produces longitudinal movement of the shaft, thisbeing effected through the medium of a screw-threaded nut or collar, Dfast on the shaft and working in a threaded sleeve within the tube. Bythe movement of the sliding plate thus produced the front end, which isbeveled to form an edge or face parallel with the opposite wall or faceof the chamber at the opening, is set up toward or is drawn away fromsuch opposite face and the area. of the opening is changed accordingly.Fig. 3 shows the form and manner of attaching the sliding plate abovedescribed.

In the drawings referred to, Figure 1 represents a burner constructedaccording to my invcntion,with the chamber and sliding plate in verticallongitudinal section and the sup ply-tube partly broken away. Fig. 2 isa top View, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view, of the sliding plateremoved from the chamber. Fig. 4 illustrates the burner formed with thetop and bottom sides inclined toward each other.

In placing the burner for operation it is set to throw the fuel in asheet or thin broad body across the fire-space and against a deflectingplate at the back in the manner at present followed withhydrocarbonburners of other con structions, and the supply-tube, beingcarried through the front wall of the furnace, is connected with the oiland steam pipes, which are united just above the point of connection.When these substances are let into the tube, 100

they mingle and pass together into the chamber of the burner, and arethence ejected in a broad flat body or sheet across the furnace.

The thickness of this body of liquid is varied 5 by setting the slidingplate forward or back, while the form of the outlet under all suchconditions of adjustment produces a broad fanlike sheet of flame,spreading from the end of the burner forward.

In addition to the advantage in obtaining economical use of fuel withthis burner, it will be found to be comparatively noiseless inoperation.

Having thus fully described my invention, I5 what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- The herein-described burner, consistingof the body A, having vertical and parallel sides, fiat top, andinclined bottom, producing a chamber,Afloftriangularformlongitudinally,20 provided with a broad narrow outlet, a, the plate B, set to slideupon the bottom of chamber A, with beveled front edges, the sctting--shaft G, and the supply-tube I), having connection for steam and oilpipes, constructed 25 for operation as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal.

ADAM I-IEBERER. [In s.]

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. KELLY, O. W. M. SMITH.

